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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mama think Jay Berry may have contracted from the monkey bites?
(a) Lock Jaw.
(b) Typhoid Fever.
(c) Typhus.
(d) Hydrophobia.

2. What advice does Grandpa give Jay Berry about being friendly with the chimpanzee?
(a) Set down a pile of apples and bananas in the bottoms.
(b) Bring some carrots and apples for him.
(c) Offer him an apple and play the harmonica.
(d) Offer him an apple and call him by name.

3. What does Papa have trouble believing about the monkeys?
(a) They can count.
(b) They talk to each other.
(c) They can dance.
(d) They can do somersaults.

4. What escaped during the train wreck?
(a) Monkeys.
(b) Toxic fumes.
(c) Children.
(d) Cows.

5. Jay Berry likes to explore the area around the _______________________.
(a) Haunted house in town.
(b) Illinois River Bottoms.
(c) Indian caves.
(d) Abandoned mine shaft.

6. With whom do Jay Berry and Daisy live?
(a) Their grandparents.
(b) Their aunt and uncle.
(c) Their parents.
(d) Their foster parents.

7. What animal does Jay Berry's dog chase up into a tree?
(a) Possum.
(b) Monkey.
(c) Bear.
(d) Squirrel.

8. Daisy tells Jay Berry that the Old Man of the Mountains doesn't like it when boys ___________________
(a) Lie.
(b) Chop down trees.
(c) Are mean to their sisters.
(d) Kill or harm animals.

9. What did Jay Berry's parents do before moving to Oklahoma?
(a) They were tailors.
(b) They were sharecroppers.
(c) They were dairy farmers.
(d) They were storekeepers.

10. Who bites into all the apples set for traps?
(a) Several monkeys.
(b) One little monkey.
(c) The chimpanzee.
(d) None of the monkeys.

11. How much could Jay Berry potentially earn by capturing the escaped monkeys?
(a) $25.
(b) $350.
(c) $100.
(d) $158.

12. What is Jay Berry's father's profession?
(a) Architect.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Doctor.

13. What is the name of the gander at Jay Berry's house?
(a) Gandy.
(b) Goosey Goosey.
(c) Honker.
(d) Squack.

14. Jay Berry is embarrassed to admit that ______________________.
(a) He lost his beanshooter.
(b) The monkeys stole his gear.
(c) He didn't use bananas for bait.
(d) He didn't set enough traps.

15. What does the chimpanzee do that surprises Jay Berry?
(a) He does cartwheels.
(b) He dances.
(c) He does hand stands.
(d) He turns somersaults.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT advice Grandpa gives Jay Berry about catching the monkeys with the net?

2. Jay Berry's family's land is located near modern day Tahlequah, ______________ County, Oklahoma.

3. Who is Jay Berry's dog?

4. How does the chimpanzee get the apple pieces from the traps?

5. Who is Daisy?

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